We terminated 1 advertising account and blocked 2 domains from eligibility to appear on Updates from Threat Analysis Google News surfaces and Discover Group as part of(TAG) our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Russia. This campaign uploaded content in Arabic that was supportive of Syria’s and Russia’s governments. We terminated 137 YouTube channels and 2 blogs as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Myanmar. This campaign uploaded content in Burmese that was supportive of Myanmar’s military coup in February 2021. We terminated 9 YouTube channels and 1 blog as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Vietnam. This campaign uploaded content in Vietnamese that was supportive of the Vietnamese Army’s interests in the region. We terminated 1,196 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to China. These channels mostly uploaded spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment, and lifestyle. A very small subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about China’s COVID-19 vaccine efforts and social issues in the U.S. These findings are consistent with our previous reports. September We terminated 5 blogs and blocked 3 domains from eligibility to appear on Google News surfaces and Discover as part of our investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to Germany. This campaign uploaded content in German that was supportive of the German "Reichsbürger" conspiracy movement. We terminated 1,217 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to China. These channels mostly uploaded spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment, and lifestyle. A very small subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about China’s COVID-19 vaccine efforts and social issues in the U.S. These findings are consistent with our previous reports. POSTED IN: Threat Analysis Group Google serves cookies to analyze traffic to this site. Information about your use of our site is shared with Google for that purpose. See details.

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